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  1. October 24th, 2009, 06:54 PM #1
    kspeel
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    Windows 7 sharing printer

    I just installed windows 7 .Everything is running great except,My wife is networked to my computer using vista. Now when she trys to print it says the printer is offline. In control panel you can see the shared printer. Any suggestions please
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  2. October 24th, 2009, 10:40 PM #2
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    Also the error when she trys to print is 'RPC server is unavailible"
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  3. October 25th, 2009, 02:12 AM #3
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    Some service is not starting.
    Maybe this will help out.
    http://forums.techguy.org/networking...available.html
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  4. October 25th, 2009, 08:29 AM #4
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    didnt help me here much, again she is logged into the network and can see the printer but when she trys to print still get the rpc error
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  6. October 25th, 2009, 09:52 AM #5
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    Make sure the firewalls enable the other computer to enter.
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  7. October 25th, 2009, 10:04 AM #6
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    On the firewall I changed file and printer sharing to public besides home (private) and still getting the error. Not an expert on what to change in there. Any suggestions of something in those settings I should look for?
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  8. October 25th, 2009, 10:11 AM #7
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    I am not ruling out that maybe it is something gone wrong on her end.
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  9. October 25th, 2009, 11:07 AM #8
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    Check her services too.
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  11. October 25th, 2009, 11:32 AM #9
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    Did that,Like I said not sure what I am looking for. Dont know what half those services are...
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  12. October 25th, 2009, 11:37 AM #10
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    I would try to figure out this route.
    "The RPC server is unavailable because the service couldn't function properly because it's dependancy (server service) couldn't start... I checked the dependencies through the server's properties and I looked through services and started those required dependancies to start the server service, once that started... Everything functioned properly."

    Hope someone who knows steps in.
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